[pissant]

These are the same cheap talking points used by a gaggle of anti-Hunter freepers. It's all a bunch of bullsh*t, I hope you know.

What did Reagan do when in office:

Did he allow unfettered trade with our enemies, the USSR and China? Nope.

Did Reagan prohibit sales of advanced electronics and avionics and dual use technologies to China and the USSR? Yes.

Did Reagan help Harley Davidson out by imposing stiff tariffs on large jap bikes while HD reorganized? Yep.

Did Reagan help Chrysler from going TU with gov't loans? Yep.

Did Reagan enforce anti-dumping laws on the japanese? Yes, he did.

Did Reagan realize the value of a strong industrial America? Yep.

Here's a summary from a pro free trade group:

Forced Japan to accept restraints on auto exports;

Tightened considerably the quotas on imported sugar;

Negotiated to increase the restrictiveness of the Multi­fiber Arrangement governing trade in textiles and apparel;

Required 18 countries, including Brazil, Spain, South
Korea, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Finland, Australia, and the European Community, to accept "voluntary re­straint agreements" that reduce their steel imports to the United States;

Imposed a 45% duty on Japanese motorcycles for the ben­efit of Harley Davidson, which admitted that superior
Japanese management was the cause of its problems;

Raised tariffs on Canadian lumber and cedar shingles;

Forced the Japanese into an agreement to control the price of computer memory chips;

Removed third-world countries on several occasions from the duty-free import program for developing nations;
Pressed Japan to force its automakers to buy more Ameri­can-made parts;

Demanded that Taiwan, West Germany, Japan, and Switzerland restrain their exports of machine tools;

Accused the Japanese of dumping roller bearings on grounds that the price did not rise to cover a fall in the value of the yen;

Accused the Japanese of dumping forklift trucks and color picture tubes;

Extended quotas on imported clothes pins;

Failed to ask Congress to end the ban on the export of Alaskan oil and timber cut from federal lands;

Redefined dumping so domestic firms can more easily charge foreign competitors with unfair trade practices;

Beefed-up the Export-Import Bank, an institution dedicated to distorting the American economy at the ex­pense of the American people in order to artificially pro­mote exports of eight large corporations.

Sorry if CATO and the Hair Club for Growth didn't care for Reagan much.

And Duncan Hunter's less a protectionist than Reagan. Hunter wants two things primarily. 1) To rework the trade deal with China, who cheats, lies and steals at every opprotunity. 2) Not give any trade policy decision making power to any group other than the US government.

[Tom the Redhunter]

Duncan Hunter a RINO? You've gotta be kidding.

You're obviously looking for the perfect candidate, and guess what? You'll never find him.

Sorry but I find this post way overboard.

[Scholastic]

So the Money-Is-God Republicans at the Club for Growth say Hunter does not meet the Reagan myth?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

BTTT

[Old_Mil]

If you're at all concerned about Hunter's voting record, the best thing to do is examine it yourself.

Cherry picking less than a handful of bills that the entire Republican establishment forced through behind the leadership of GW Bush and attempting to use that as a brush to paint Hunter as something other than the most highly qualified conservative in the race is a failed strategy.

"If conservatives could write down everything they wanted on a sheet of paper, Duncan Hunter would be that man."
-Michael Reagan

This having been said, if you count yourself amongst those who favor inking unrestricted free trade deals with everyone on the planet and support an open border policy, Hunter will sound like Pat Buchanan to you.

[Valin]

How DARE you post anything critical of St. Duncan!